Kiewit Supply Network

Strategic Planning Simplified

What to Expect and How to Prepare for the Retreat

Process Overview

June 13 2025 - Pre-workshop survey due

June 18-19, 2025 - Strategy Planning Retreat

July 3, 2025 - Jeff sends the digital second draft document

September 2025 - Bring Next Level of Manager up to Speed

October 2025 - 90-Day Accountability meeting (Self-led)

What To Expect

Objective: Create a three-year strategy to win and a one-year plan

Outcome: Clarity and alignment on what the Supply Network organization needs to become and what it needs to do over the next three years.

Output: A three-year strategy and a one-year plan document.

Experience: A series of exercises using small groups, Post-its, and Sharpies. We’ll be on our feet, moving about the room.

Dress: Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

Location: New York, New York

Thursday, June 19, 2025 8:00 - 4:30 PM

Part II: Continue setting the Strategy to completion

Part III: Build the Plan (1-Year)

  • What is our 1-year goal?

  • What are our 1-year “Big Five” objectives?

  • What goes on our “Stop Doing” or “Don’t Do” list?

  • What must happen in the first 90 Days?

Part IV: Test Assumptions

  • What has to be true?

  • What resistance will we face?

  • What will likely go wrong?

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 12:00 - 5:00 PM

Part I: Three-Year Look Back

  • What were our successes?

  • What were our mistakes?

  • What have we learned?

Part II: Set the Strategy (3-Year)

  • What strategic problems do we face?

  • What is our Vision/Mission?

  • What is our scope?

  • What is our competitive advantage?

  • What capabilities and systems do we need?

How to Prepare for the Session

Required: Complete the pre-workshop survey by June 13, 2025 (15 min)

Helpful but not required:

  1. Read What Is Strategy by Michael E. Porter (10 min)

  2. Read Can you say what your strategy is? (10 min)

  3. Watch the video A Plan Is Not a Strategy by Roger Martin. (10 min)

Learn More About

Jeff Shannon

A master facilitator of corporate strategy workshops, leadership development, and off-site retreats. He conducts over 90 sessions annually for numerous companies in the Midwest and is the author of business guides such as "Lead Engaging Meetings" and "Hard Work Is Not Enough."